10 years gone??

[Tman]

Originally Posted by mrtoni

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DBzuYNK95sM

Great song for sure!!

[leddzepp]

Great looking truck!

I like the title of your thread too, for obvious reasons

[rsavage]

Looks great!

[Tman]

It’s been a while since I posted an update, but have making good progress. I got the vent window parts back from the chrome shop, so I rebuilt those. The first one fought me for a while. Learned some lessons on that one, second one only took 45 minutes.

[Tman]

Started on the interior. Put down some sound deading, then started all the under dash stuff.

[Tman]

That brings us to today. Assembled the driver door, glued in the weatherstrip and adjusted the latch. That went a lot smoother than I expected.

[72 tigger]

Lookin' good

[CG]

That is a great color combo. I was thinking the chrome wheels were rollers for now and in my head I was thinking ... Please don't put giant wheels on there, please don't put giant wheels on there ... then Boom! Super cool looking slots. Perfect execution all around on your truck, Good Job!

[Tman]

Thanks guys. There is still lots of little stuff to finish, but it feels great to drive it. It has always been my intention to build it as something that could have been done back when new, just little mods that keep it classic looking. Hard to beat the looks of these trucks.

[67C10Step]

It may have taken you ten years but I am totally impressed and love the look all the way around. Color, stance, tires/wheels. I think you nailed it. You won’t take Helmut out and not get attention.

[zicc1835]

very nice

[67C10GS]

it took me about six pictures of thinking "why does he have the back of the hood up so high" before i realized that the cowl panel just wasn't on yet.

[Tman]

Originally Posted by 67C10GS

it took me about six pictures of thinking "why does he have the back of the hood up so high" before i realized that the cowl panel just wasn't on yet.

I had just brought it home from getting an alignment and windshield installed, there’s also no rear glass or working speedo at that point. Had intended to do a little shake down run that turned into a 30 mile cruise.

[cornerstone]

So good man. Seeing a fellow board member have such success is inspiring. All that hard work has paid off. Please get a decent tracking device / alarm.

[Snake72]

Perfect choice on the slots my man, truck looks great!

[raggedjim]

Great looking truck. How hard was the side trim (I've been avoiding this...)?

[Tman]

Originally Posted by raggedjim

Great looking truck. How hard was the side trim (I've been avoiding this...)?

I bought trim from Classic Parts, had trouble with the clips, they seemed small for factory holes. I ended up flaring them out a bit then they worked. Had to drill new holes in the bed, so I went a little smaller. Also had to put some mounting tape between the trim and clip so the clips would fully seat into the hole. So a little bit of a learning curve but worth it. There is also a nut on the door trim right behind the hinge, would have been much easier to get with the door off, over 2 hours each door for that one nut.

Some more info, start at the wheel openings, these pieces have a small amount of adjustment and they will control where the rest of the trim will need to land. Really not a bad job to do, I did the side trim in a weekend even with the learning curve.

Also, thanks to all who commented, really appreciate it.